"Ivy Days reflects my earliest encounter with death and defines the first epoch of my identity I can clearly remember."

"I love cemeteries and the ornaments of graves very much. So spending time in one is fine by me."

“A man is born alone and dies alone...”

"All types of feelings make us human and to be human is to know death."

“This photo, with the shore so far away, is a reminder of how far off death seems to us, even though it could arrive at any moment.”

“May I live so long that I can take one other breath.”

"Death is something we are acquainted with- we know it is coming. But every now and then, it takes someone away from us unexpectedly."

"Sometimes, you don't get to plan things. You don't get to sort it all our, say goodbye, make up with those you loved."

“That's the beauty of being in a historical city– you can feel the history.”

"Because maybe, in the end, the fear of death is the fear of never having been alive."